Hat protector



W. H. YOUNG HAT PROTECTOR Nov. 26, 1929.

Original Filed June 12 1926 INVENTOR ORNEY Patented Nov. 26, 1929 FATEN? WILLIS H. YOUNG, OF POIVIPTON LAKEE, NEW JERSEY, ASSEGNOR, BY ll/IESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, T0 NOPJMAN C. MENDES, GE NEW YORK, N. Y., TRUSTEE OF EVERNU COR- PORATION, BANKRUPT HAT PROTECTOR Application fil ed June 12, 1926, Serial No. 115,428. Renewed January 11, 1929.

This invention relates to wearing apparel and has particular reference to means for protecting from the damaging effect of inclement weather head coverings and especially hats worn by women or men.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a device of a relatively simple and cheap structural nature adapted when in use to protect a ladys hat from rain in a manner that is both efficient as to the protection and inconspicuous as to appearance while being worn, and so devised as to be carried in ones pocket, purse, shopping bag, or vanity hit, so as to occupy space barely over two inches in diameter and about a quarter of an inch in thickness when not in use but in anticipation of possible inclement weather.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the nature set forth that is calculated to appeal to the aesthetic, it being possessed of features calculated to be immediately decorative or ornamental, and yet at the same time serving as indicating means for functional purposes.

More specifically, the device in the main comprises flexible thin elastic bag portion of waterproof material to which is attached a receptacle or container likewise of flexible material and very much smaller in compass than the bag but adapted to contain the bag so as to constitute the whole as a self contained structure for the purpose of convenience in carrying.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a diagrammatic perspective view showing the device in operation upon a hat.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the device in the form adapted for direct application to the hat, the container portion being ining a main cover member or bag 10 made of thin ela tic waterproof material such as sheet rubber or its equivalent of any suitable color or shade and of normal size sufiicient to cover easily, with at most moderate extenson, any ordinary hat. While the normal size or dimensions of the bag portion 10 may be comparatively extensive such as from ei ht to twelve inches in length, the mass of the material is not very great because of the thinness of the stock. The bag is provided with a large opening or mouth 11 bounded by a rim portion 12 sur nciently constructed to make'the mouth portion of the bag materially smaller than the main body thereof, thereby facilitating the securing of the device in place in use and improving the Waterproof propertes thereof. The nature of the binding 12, moreover, is calculated to strengthen the edge portion of the bag. Otherwise the bag is impcriorate and has a generally smooth rounded or elliptical contour when open or eXtende 7 One of the principal features of novelty of my improvement consists of a container or receptacle 13 in the nature of a flat circular pouch having in one side a circular opening 14, the diameter of which is about one-third of the normal diameter of the containen I Wish it to be understood, however, that as to these or any other dimensions mentionec herein I do not wish to be limited unnecessarily, such dimensions being referred to merely for the sake of clearness of description insteao of limitations. Th"? s element 13 like the bag is made preferably of thin elastic material such as a good quality sheet rubber. To the inside surface of the imperforate side portion of the container 13 is secured in any suitable manner as by the use of cement or the like at 15 the top of the crown portion of the bag. The point of application to the bag may be thought of as a point of the inner surface of the protector when worn.

Cemented or otherwise secured to or formed upon the outer surface of said impertinct ornamentation or embellishment for the combination device. This ornamentation 16 is madeiof any suitable material but as practised by me extensively it is cut or stamped from sheet rubber of suitable colors according to the nature of the flower represented there- As above premised the device is adapted to be nested and carried in ones pocket or shop ping bag in the form shown in Figs. 4: and 5, occupying about as much space as a mans watch, but in the event of sudden downpour 'the personcarrying it simply removes it from her bag or purse and grasps it between the thumbs and fingers of both hands, the fingers engaging within the hole 14 while the thumbs press toward said hole against the face of the ornament 16, such movement being continued until the container is turned direct-1y inside out, thus delivering the bag bodily and wholly therefrom as in Fig. 3. The bag is then free to be applied to the hat directly, but preferably it is reversed so as to bring the container 13 upon the inside as shown in Fig. 2 where it occupies practically no space and is either invisible or inconspicuous. After the portector has served its purpose as such and is removed from the hat it may be restored to normal nested position or form by bringing it back to the position of Fig. 3, when the operatorwill grasp the rim of'the hole 14 again with her fingers as previously described, while with her thumbs she will gather and stufi the bag bodily into the container while the latter is being turned inside out again to bring it around the bag as shown in Fig. 5. The stock from which the bag is made is so light and flexible that it may be gatheredand crumpled readily into the small space that is demanded. With a very easy and quickly determined adjustment of the bag it may be formed into substantially flat disk position to accommodate it to the small space within the receptacle 13 and with the ornament 16 on the outside or face as already set forth.

I claim:

The herein described combined hat protector and container, the protector being in the nature of a large bag of thin elastic material having an opening at one end, while the container is in the nature of a small receptacle and likewise of elastic'material and provided in one side with a small opening, the 

